Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Hedonic Eating

CE Wilcox, CE Wilcox - Food Addiction, Obesity, and Disorders of …, 2021 - Springer
As reviewed in Chap. 1, our body has designed a complex system (the homeostatic system)
to respond to energy needs, which regulates appetite and satiety and, therefore, food intake …

Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience of Hedonic Eating

CE Wilcox - Springer
Intake of these foods also stimulates the brain reward system in similar ways as do alcohol
and drugs of abuse [1, 4–11]. For one, HP food causes potent release of dopamine (DA) into …